Monday, November 19, 2007

How to find and replace text or HTML code elements in Multiple Files

How to find and replace text or HTML code elements in Multiple Files

To find and replace text or HTML code elements in Multiple Files

Step 1.

  • Choose the Edit tab from the menu bar and select Find and click the Find & Replace tab if necessary.

Step 2.

  • With the site window opened, type in your text or HTML code, and then select the search options.

Step 3.

  • Click on the symbol that next to Find in Files. Do one of the following to define the scope of your search:

    1. Click Shift-click to select the desired file in the site window and drag the file or files into the Files list.

    2. Click Add Files, and select the files you want to search in the dialog box that appears.

    3. Click Add Site to add an entire site and remove individual files by selecting the files in the list and then press Backspace or Delete.

Step 4.

  • Select options to customize your search:

    1. Source Editor allows you to view the matches in source view, displayed as raw HTML code.

    2. Encoding allows you to select the language encoding in the search from a pop-up menu.

Step 5.

  • Click Find to start searching the selected files. Go-Live displays the first file found containing matching text.

Step 6.

  • Continue the search by doing one of the following:

    1. Click Find Next to find the next match in the same or next document.

    2. Click Find All to find all matches. In the list box, a number appear in the Hits column will mark all files with matches.

      1. The small arrow shows the file currently being searched.

      2. Numbers displayed in the Hits column show the number of matches in the file.

Step 7.

  • After that, you can search for text and replace text.


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